"a self-appointed guardian of public morals"
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ADJ A self-appointed leader or ruler has taken the position of leader or ruler without anyone else asking them or choosing them to have it. (指领导或统治者)自封的 [usu ADJ n]
...the new self-appointed leaders of the movement.
...该运动最近自封的领导们。
Some critics deride the group as self-appointed food police.
一些批评人士嘲讽这个组织为“自封的食品警察”。
"Mes que UN club" is the motto of FC Barcelona, the self-appointed guardians of that rather tiresome cliche "the beautiful game".
巴萨的口号是“mes que un club”，他们另一则信条、自我标榜的“美丽足球”，早已听的人耳朵出茧。
Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the experts (all self-appointed) urgently debated the mark's correct application.
贯穿整个18、19世纪，这些自称专家的人都在迫切争论撇号的正确运用。
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